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Bill Macdonald

William Paul Macdonald

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 28, 1929 in Alameda, CA
High School: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1950
Team: Pirates 1950-1953

Final Game: May 24, 1953
Died: May 4, 1991 in Shasta Lake, CA
Buried: Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Concord, CA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 21 PIT NL 32 54 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 1 1
1953 24 PIT NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
2 Yrs 36 55 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 248 221 14 27 5 0 0 5 0 18 81 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 32 5 0 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 21 PIT NL 32 54 -8 -0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1953 24 PIT NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2 Seasons 36 55 -8 -0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .492 .499 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1950 21 PIT NL 54 45 1 0.6 111 .194 .122 .273 .189 .351 .143 .424 .332 .774 -12 .022 -8.3 -0.8 .250 .102 .020
1953 24 PIT NL 1 1 .000 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs 55 46 1 0.6 111 .194 .122 .273 .189 .351 .143 .424 .332 .774 -12 .021 -8.3 -0.8 .250 .102 .020
162 Game Avg. 248 207 5 0.6 111 .194 .122 .273 .189 .351 .143 .424 .332 .774 -12 .021 -8.3 -0.8 .250 .102 .020

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 21 PIT NL 54 0.0% 33.3% 7.4% 1.9% 17% 4.50 2.7 49.0 2.29 57%
1953 24 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0%
2 Yrs 55 0.0% 32.7% 7.3% 1.8% 17% 4.50 2.7 49.0 2.43 56%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.3% 9.6% 6.5% 28% 1.08 8.6 44.0 8.0 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 21 PIT NL -8.3 -0.8 47 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 1.03 -0.6 -0.2 -6.6 -0.6 1.02 -6.5 0
1953 24 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.28 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.10 -0.2 0
2 Yrs -8.3 -0.8 48 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 1.03 -0.6 -0.2 -6.8 -0.7 1.02 -6.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 21 PIT NL 1 0 30% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1953 24 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 1 0 30% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1950 21 PIT NL 54 4% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 8 1 13% 34 1 3% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1953 24 PIT NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 55 4% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 1 10% 9 1 11% 35 1 3% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 50% 91% 12% 32% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 21 32 54 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 1
1951 22 32 54 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 1
1952 23 32 54 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 1
1953 24 36 55 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 21 33 54 50 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 19 .100 .151 .120 .271 1 32
1953 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2 Yrs 37 55 50 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 19 .100 .151 .120 .271 1 36
162 Game Avg. 162 241 219 9 22 4 0 0 4 0 13 83 .100 .151 .120 .271 4 36

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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